Great timing Jens. Fantastic shot :-)

Thanks!
The weather was finde and waiting was no problem :)

Nice... hah. Similar idea here:

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Contrarian :)

Cool! I've always wondered how I might shoot this. Every time I go there (and I live in Berlin half the time) there seems to be a fair, or some construction, or some kind of special event. This is a nice clean shot. Did you just take this? It's obviously a winter shot.

Yes this was early in the morning during the last winter at -14 °C. I was lucky that day with no construction in that direction :D
The light was exactly as diffus as shown here and I was thinking the whole time of Star Trek or Metropolis.
I have taken a few shots but this was the best of these buildings....

Metropolis! Indeed. ;)

Thanks for showing me a very new look of civilization, yet black and white and eerily old with that car and contrary to the dude walking on the left that looks to be wearing a jet pack and even a helmet!

...proceed to upper level landing pad...engage your de-gravitizer transport pack in a designated area...welcome to germany!

cool shot - and black and white adds a lot of this 'Metropolis-feeling'.

This is what my old instructor would call a 'sense of place'. Just enough information to let you put yourself there without distraction.

In a way, a little too much lamp but trimming that would have cut the open window which is truly essential to the composition.

The short focal length is used exceptionally well here.

stunning in its simplicity

Sorry for sounding ignorant. Sometimes the words get misplaced. not 'short focal length' but 'depth of field'. Yeah I know it's tough getting old. It's still a good photo.

Thank you....I think I got you right before :)

btw....focal length here was 85mm :)

Nice composition! Great lines and tones.

Hey surprise :)

Thanks for your comments and that you liked it! :)

Such a beautiful B+W that looks so classic. I guess what i really love is this expanse of white in the fore-ground, this black tunnel in the center with a spot of light at the far end of it, only to be greeted by the presence of a person. Beautiful.

Never too late :O)

this one got featured because you're wearing a suit. jens :-)))) elegance for the frontpage! *fg*

congrats!

And I will have to wear one the next 3 days again :/
I was a bit buisy with working and my new homepage....but now it is time to concentrate again on photography....after the 3 days....with my elegant suit....:D

Really fantastic. The light, shapes, tones... great shot.

Those birds really make this shot... (along with the great light on the cylinders.) The tones in this are wonderful.

Great shot. The birds really adds a lot. The tone gradation is also way cool. Nice work.!

Absolutely amazing shot. Those birds really add a lot to the image and lovely tones too.

Fantastic lights and structures, the birds really are the unexpected counterpoint to the massive silos.

I am surprised.....:)

Thanks a lot!!

A really lovely shot. The little boy's body language says so much. Outside the context of this theme I wouldn't be thinking "glass" but that doesn't make this fine image any less poignant.

Thanks George :)

I said sometimes before that I really enjoy pictures which do not have a "rightintheface-relevance". For me it is important to expect provide multiple interpretations....and the end I believe every picture is based on a thought which should be explored even if it may take a bit longer....:)

My question: Would this scene have happened without glass? My answer: No! :)

nice grainy urban capture, other people in the shot don't detract from the main character

Great point of view and a very nice texture!

Terriffic! Love the light, the expression and the texture. Nice job.

Very very "intensive" shot.
Wondefrul light and expression.

very warm photo. i wonder what the kid is thinking about. the flower in the background does add some nice texture. i particularly like the flower's shadow on the wall.

The light is beautiful in this picture and the little boy has a very nice expression on his face, like he is lost in some dreamland of his own.

Thanks to all. This one is my own favorite and I am glad you liked it :)

I do not no what he was thinking exactly but I can tell you that he was watching TV....but was also very tired after 2 hours of swimming :)

I really enjoy this photo - in particular the progession of images through the foreground to background - the image leads the eye well. The overal exposure is great although I would prefer the non-sky elements to be darker and contrastier (is that a word?) but that is my particular taste. Nice effect on the clouds

Oh and I forgot to mention - the square format works well here too.

I agree it fits the theme well. I also really like the mysterious nature of the composition...not sure what all that stuff is, but I sure like looking at it.
One technical aspect that would help *my eye* stay with the photo longer would be an edge burn...your density is loosing it around the edges a but.
But I like this very much.

Thanks a lot to you all :)

I decided some month ago not to tune a print from the darkroom anymore. This means I just try to compensate the bad scanner quality. This is very often difficult and in the end the jpg never reflects the print for 100% :(

Concerning the edges I have to say that this was one of the first pictures I prepared with my new enlarger and at that time I had no suitable negantive masks which explains a bit the brighter areas in the edges...it was definately not the Hasselblad....:)

Concerning the contrast: Yes you may be right...but if you add to much contrast the clouds start looking a bit strange.
Luckily I have a bit more experience in printing images and I will take this motive again to improve it´s quality....:)
Unfortunately I am not able to provide colours....because this was taken on b&w film.

Thnaks again for your constructive comments!!!!

I think having took this from an actual window so a frame could be seen would have worked and probally provided a little more depth to the actual atomsphere.